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iOS Swift Enums and Structs Enums Enum Members and Raw Values

Robin Nilsson
Robin Nilsson
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Posted by Robin Nilsson
Robin Nilsson
3,783 Points

Do you need to specify the enum type when creating a variable, or will it infer the type from the member?

Amit mentioned in the video that you don't need to specify the type when changing the value of an enum variable, but I am not if he was implying that you never need to specify the type (including when originally creating the variable), or if it's just not needed once it's already been created.

This is what his code looked like:

var today = Day.Monday
today = .Sunday

1 Answer

Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
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Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
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Yeah, I think he meant that it's not necessary to specify which enum you're starting from after you assign an initial value.